Friday, March 9, 2012

My first single title in a couple of years will soon be out. Moody Publisher's new River North fiction imprint will release Her Good Name in August.

When an immigrant’s daughter lands a job in the town's best neighborhood, she hopes to attract the most eligible
bachelor...only to find that catching his eye is a far cry from capturing his
heart.

Espy Estrada has a lot to learn about love. In the 1890's thriving coastal town of Holliston, Maine, the leading
lumber baron’s son, Warren Brentwood, III, returns from his years away
at college and traveling to take up his position as heir apparent to his
father’s business empire.

Esperanza Estrada, daughter of a
Portuguese immigrant fisherman and a local woman, lives on the
wrong side of town, surrounded by a brood of brothers and sisters
and a careworn mother. She is unable to pretend she is anything but “one
of those Estradas.” When she overhears of a position to clean house at a
local high school teacher’s home on Elm Street, she jumps at the
opportunity—to be able to run into Warren Brentwood now and again, but
also to imbibe of the culture and intellectual atmosphere of the
Stocktons.

When rumors about Espy and her respected employer begin to circulate, the entire church
congregation and then the community pronounce judgment on her behavior. Warren believes the lie and his loss of
faith in her causes Espy to give up without a fight. She leaves her
family and hometown for the nearest city with little money and no
acquaintances and is forced to spend the night on the street. A man who
heads a mission for the homeless finds Espy and offers her shelter.
Espy finds the true love of God while working at the mission. Will she
be able to forgive the townspeople and return home?

Goodreads.com

Henry James is becoming one of those authors I am starting to love to hate. Every time I finish one of his books, I could kick myself. Why did I put myself through the agony of becoming invested in his characters only to have them end so...

I read this book b/c my 15 yr. old daughter gave it high marks, as well as a respected Christian writer, so I wanted to see what all the hype was about.
It lived up to expectations, since I put aside my current reading to finish it in a...